Description: Read the September 2020 issue of Risks & Rewards published by the Investment Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Feature article describing a framework for the computation of credit capital requirements under the constant position paradigm, taking into account recovery rates.

Description: Why Write Variable Products When You Can Put the Money Directly into the Stock Market?

Description: This article explores the possibility of using innovations from the financial markets to reduce some portion of the LTC risk and thus encourage the growth of the product.

Description: Chairperson’s column discusses recent events in the investment industry.

Description: This article speculates on the presence and magnitude of the benefits attributable to regular rebalancing of one's investment portfolio. It surveys the extant literature, discusses certain implications, and presents conclusions.

Description: Read the August 2019 issue of Risks & Rewards published by the Investment Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article presents some thoughts on the role of the investment actuary in the United Kingdom. It is a topical subject, prompted by a feeling that the U.K. profession is not fulfilling its potential in this specialty. The article has three main themes: a Some historical perspective b What the professional actuary uniquely has to offer the investment marketplace and c What the consulting actuaries in the U.K. currently offer their clients.

Description: This article aimed to make Liability Driven Investing LDI more accessible by providing a simple definition and by showing how plans of different sizes and circumstances may adopt an appropriate LDI approach.